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   Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Jul-2025 10:58:06 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

   I'm at a restaurant near me called Tokyo Maki, and it looks kind of like it started off as a Japanese place 20 years ago, but now half the menu options are Korean.

   The menus and signs are all in English, Japanese and Korean. They have kbbq hotplates and seem to be promoting the Korean options more heavily than the Japanese, but most of the decor items are Japanese

   They are playing Korean ballads but that's not a definitive indicator of anything.

   I have tried listening to what language the staff speak to each other in, but they're quiet and I can't tell.

   I want to know because if it's actually mostly Korean people working here, I can speak to them in Korean (a little bit). But I don't know how to ask!

   Anyway I ordered kimchi jjigae (stew) for the first time and it's delicious but I am making a mess of myself. 😅

   Also a sweet potato latte that is really yummy and had a cute puppy spoon hanging over the edge of the cup

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Jul-2025 11:39:11 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     Heard the staff talking to each other in Korean when I went up to pay the bill. So I got to say thank you and goodbye in Korean at least. ☺️

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Jul-2025 13:13:47 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     • Jill

     @JillsJoy Melbourne has a significant Chinese population too, and a fair few of the Japanese restaurants are run by Chinese folks.

     When Japanese food was trendiest, I never assumed that a Japanese restaurant had Japanese staff unless I actually heard them speaking Japanese.

     Now Korean food is the trendiest, I'm being careful not to assume every Korean restaurant is operated by Koreans.

     Having said that, every Korean place I've been to so far *has* been operated by Koreans.

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     Jill (jillsjoy@nerdjoy.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Jul-2025 13:13:48 JST Jill

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     @lookitmychicken very cute puppy spoon!

     In my town, the Japanese restaurants are owned and run by Chinese folks. (And once they had the OST for Go Go Squid playing as music!)

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Jul-2025 11:12:35 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     • 💎cinderdazzle ⁷ 💜

     @cinderdazzle612 I have not had seollangtang yet. I will try it soon, I hope.

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     💎cinderdazzle ⁷ 💜 (cinderdazzle612@apobangpo.space)'s status on Saturday, 12-Jul-2025 11:12:36 JST 💎cinderdazzle ⁷ 💜

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     @lookitmychicken I had Seollangtang today, and I can't help but get it on my first...every time haha. Sounds like you had a fun outing!